That's because, Hindus were not allowing them to assimilate into their temples, Muslims nearby weren't either BECAUSE of their dietary choices of beef and pork consumption for more than one can know the time frame of, as a result, they were left without medical, educational, social any kind of integration. Baptists came in and got them all of that, and even now, North-Eastern States where Christians are a majority like Mizoram, Meghalaya., there's a very high female-to-male sex ratio above the national average (barely any cases of female foeticide, which our country is well known for), hygiene and nature is preserved very well. P.S.: I am not a Christian (atheist here)
@abc_cba that's interesting, I knew Goa had a lot of Catholics because Portugal used to own it and in the south because of apostle Thomas and many early Christians spreading Christianity in that region but I always wondered why that part of India was Majority Christian
Note 1. Hindi is not actually the spoken language of the vast majority of the land shown in that language map and specifically the Hindi region. A lot of distinct and sometimes completely unrelated smaller languages are classified as Hindi for political purposes. Some of the actual languages spoken in that region but misgrouped as Hindi: Marwari - Rajasthan Mewari - Rajasthan Malwi - Rajasthan and Madhya P. Bagri - Rajasthan and Punjab Bhojpuri - Bihar and Uttar P. Magadhi - Bihar and Jharkhand Garwhali - Uttarakhand Kumaoni - Uttarakhand About 3 dozen different dialects of Pahari and Pahadi more closely related to Nepali than Hindi - Himachal Pradesh and parts of the Jammu region The real Hindi related dialects are the ones in the heartland from Delhi to Central Uttar Pradesh, such as Haryanvi, Awadhi, Kannauji, Khari Boli, Kauravi, Bundeli, Bagheli and Chhattisgarrhi. These are the only languages that could be classified under Hindi. 2. While Tripura has a Bengali speaking majority, the indigenous tribes speak Tripuri/Kokborok. 3. Manipur is divided between the inner Imphal Valley and the outer hills. Imphal Valley is inhabited by Meitei speaking Hindus while the outer hills are inhabited by Kuki and Naga Christians. 4. Arunachal Pradesh has dozens of languages but Hindi has been put as the main state language as a lingua franca, despite the Arunachali languages being mostly Tibeto-Burmese in origin. 5. Jammu and Kashmir comprises of many different cultures, languages and people groups. The actual 'Kashmir' is the Kashmir Valley, surrounded by the Pir Panchal range to the south and west and the Himalayas in the east. More accurately, the actual Kashmir is the Jhelum River Valley that begins at Verinag in the south, Gantamulla in the west, Sharda in the north and Sonamarg in the east. The rest of Jammu and Kashmir is not Kashmiri in any sense at all. 6. The rest of Jammu and Kashmir comprises of the Dogra region, the Ladakh region, the Pahari region, the Baltistan region and the Dardistan region. The westernmost areas outside the Pir Panchal range like Poonch and Rajouri are Pahadi speaking. The southern region like Jammu, Udhampur, Katra are inhabited by Hindu majority Dogra speakers. Doda and Kishtwar districts however are Kashmiri majority but have significant populations of Kashmiri Hindus, unlike the Kashmir Valley. Ladakh and Baltistan are Tibetan cultural extensions where the Indus River flows through from Western Tibet (Zhangzhung region) before draining into Dardistan. Dardistan is the mountainous land to the extreme northwest of Jammu and Kashmir, part of the Greater Dardic region, home to speakers of Dardic languages such as Shina, Kalasha, Kohistani, Khowar, etc. Only Kashmiri is distinct from Dardistan, despite Kashmiri itself being a Dardic Indo Aryan language.
Fascinating. The matter of language in India was something I wish I looked into even further, as it's clear there's some debate as to what constitutes a language and a dialect within much of Northern India.
Bhojpuri is not even an official language of India, but maithili is. Bhojpuri is only spoken by southern Biharis, in the north, the maithils speak maithili.
All types of landscapes found in India Cold Desert, Hot desert, Beaches, Plain, plateau, Taiga, Tundra, Wetland, Mountain, Mountain range, Coast, Littoral zone, Glacier, snow, Shrubland, Forest, Rainforest, Woodland, Jungle, Moors, Steppe, Valley, Islands, Volcano 🌋 also in Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. It is also land of spirituality, peace. And last but not the least it has unity in diversity. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 I am 19 and I as Indian went to every State of India but still every city to city and village to village are different region, wonderful cultures and Architecture you will get to see, Even in Languages and food also. You have to spent many years to explore whole India.
Vidarbha is one region in Central India, we have a lot of unique things that are indigenous to us. Same for Mithila, Brij, Mewad, other regions of India.
The subregion of the Northern Plateau which runs along the Vindhyas can be split in half, essentially. The Southern part, below the Vindhyas, speaks a dialect of Marathi, and is known as Vidharbha. The Northern part, in Madhya Pradesh, speaks a dialect of Hindi, but with a lot more Marathi loanwords
you can refer this video on how the Hindi domination is actually eliminating the local dialects within the Hindi belt itself, if you need any help, i am a text away@@MonsieurDean
@@mvalthegamer2450 Well, Vidarbha is not a dialect. The two Marathi dialects are Zhadi-patta and the Varhadi. Hindi we speak is actually Urdu, which can be heard as long as Bhopal and Indore. That makes it Dakhni Urdu.
Lmao. But I mean, a huge merchant class, a lot of interstate marriages between these two, huge vegetarian class(majority native rajastanis and gujjus) means we both are pretty close.
Biggest difference 'was' the presence of a huge warrior class in Rajasthan. But most of the Rajputs are now gone during Mughals invasions due to Jauhar and Saka.
Kerala historically has been a cultural hub, and center of trade throughout Ancient history, of various different migration groups, especially from the Middle East settling there, and during European Colonization, it was a Dutch colony, Portuguese Colony, before it became a British colony. For my Christians out there Kerala/Tamil Nadu is also where St. Thomas the Apostle evangelized and was martyred in AD 52. Also where ancient communities of Cochin Jews that came in colonies during the time of King Solomon exists. It was too this community that St. Thomas came, converting also other native Brahmins/Buddhists at the time. Till this day, the liturgical language of Kerala Christians, aka Malankara Nasranis, is Syriac, the Edessean Dialect of Aramaic. Much of the Cochin Jews migrated to Israel during Zionism, though a small population still exists. Also its where 2 Catholic Sui Luris churches, which is the East Syriac Rite Syro Malabar Church, and the West Syriac Rite Syro Malankara Church come from. Also where Protestant churches like the St. Thomas Evangelical Church, and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church(in the Anglican Communion) are located. And where the Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church(Jacobites), Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Malabar Independent Syrian Churches exist aswell. And also the Nestorian Church, aka the Chaldean Syrian Church has a diocese there too. So much rich history of Christianity in Kerala.
I think you should redo this but include Pakistan and Bangladesh. I don’t believe anyone could really understand the Indian subcontinent without looking at it as a whole. Otherwise I think it was pretty good.
Not really. Pakis and Bangladeshis themselves like to categorise themselves under i**amic civilization rather than Indian. And also, these civilizations try to curb their pre-i**amic cultures anyway i.e Punjabi language and culture being sidelined in Pakistani Punjab, traditional Bengali tolerance(for their own women and others) sidelined in Bangladesh, etc.
For definitely a reason . Some video which says that it will explain each region in india is pretty tempting to my Indian eyes as I want to see what he gets wrong and also learn about something I didn't know earlier
I respect you for showing India with its correct borders. As an Indian I must say you have done a great job of explaining the country which is quite a confusing mixture of cultures, languages, races and religions who happen to enjoy being a country together.
Yeah the north east has south east asian/east Asian looking people. The south has dravidians which are more austro asiatic. The upper north has people that are more persian/turkic. @@technoyamraj
Archduke Z, please do a video on the factions of the Libertarian Party! There’s like 7 caucuses so there’s a lot of stuff to cover. As a long time fan, I’d find it incredibly interesting.
Giving consideration to the fact that Indian state borders are already quite considerate of cultural, geographic, linguistic and ethnic lines, id change less things. However, id like to break up much of North India into smaller states, with consideration to ethno-linguistic lines and population size. It is also important to remember that many ethnic groups are torn between borders. Awadhi, Kumaoni, Maithili are spoken on both sides of the India - Nepal borders, and its quite weird to me to create a new state of Awadh, Mithila or Kumaon when part of their ethnic homeland is in another country. Unlike most countries, India has put in much consideration to protect the minor languages across India. They survived for millenia due to the decentralised nature of Hinduism and Buddhism, and shouldnt die out in a political entity that unites most of the Indic people in the modern day.
Well, my language maithili is soon going to be dead. The committee which divided the states after independence, fcked us over. Put mithila/tirhut together with Bihar. And, the government of Bihar spread Hindi across the state at the expense of other languages. There is no representation of either maithili people or language in Bihar. I think Nepali government is doing much better in preserving my language than India/Bihar seems to be doing.
@Akarsh2008 I have a better option. Ask everyone to learn Sanskrit, instead. Why should anyone ditch their language, to learn Hindustani a fairly new language, which borrows so much from persian and many other languages. Sanskrit is okay, since it's the ancestor of most of the languages here.
@Akarsh2008 But, it's only concentrated in a region with huge population. If we talk about the language most spread across the country, it's English. Look, I can speak Hindi, but letting it replace all the other languages is not a very good idea. Hindi is spoken by around 40-55% of people, that leaves almost half of the population to learn a new language. If you want others to learn a new language, maybe we should also choose a language, like Sanskrit to learn. At least, it would seem fair, if everyone has to learn one.
@Akarsh2008 "I don't think languages which are not even worthy to be called a proper dialect ....... and other bom bhosada should get any attention from people. It will only divide and already divided country" ---- Would you elaborate on this? Which languages are worthy to be given attention by people then? And, what are the criteria for determining the worthiness?
@Akarsh2008 Fuck Hindi. Its too Islamic a language for me to learn. Sanskrit or nothing, and no, the other languages should be preserved. I don't want Maithili, Awadhi and the 20 other dying languages to go extinct for a low class language like Hindi, infested with Persian words. On a final note, Sanskrit or nothing, and fuck Hindi.
This video is the best for school students as it explains many chapters and geography enthusiasts as it discusses about the vast geography of India. Thank You for this good video, I also suggest you to make videos on bigger countries like China, Brazil, DRC, Argentina etc…
I would say, if is extremely well done for a foreigner. But, it gets wild at points. A Punjabi literally shares nothing with a Bengali, in terms of broader cultural norms, voting patterns or evern world views. Similarly, Islamic Kashmir is way different in its ways from the Hindu Himachal and Uttrakhand, to be classified as one region
Generalization often lead to wrong conclusions but since its a youtube video I don't mind them that much. The people are the same and until much recently J&K had more Hindus.
@@khanshiranyor3974 I meant that, Kashmiris have more in common with the Frontier Afghans and other Central Asians, than the Pahadis, who just happen to be Hindus.
This was really good, its very interesting to learn a little bit about the regions of the most populous country in the world. Can you do Brazil as well, it would be intriguing to learn about the biggest country in South America.
The video was well planned and made 👍 But i suggest you to do some more research on our Tripura Tripura is region which consists a population of Both Bengalis and Tripuris
Even though I'm an Indian, I'll never understand how big India is, the cultures and languages and what not! Geography: In India, there are Rocky high snowy mountains 🏔. You travel a few hundred kilometres, you'll come to a hot arid desert 🏜. You travel a few more hundred kilometres, you'll reach grassy plain lands full of different variety of crops 🌱. You travel few more hundred kilometres, you'll see the sandy beaches along the vast Indian Ocean ⛱️. You travel few more hundred kilometres, you'll reach Islands 🏝. Places and areas: At many areas you will see very high futuristic buildings with beautiful architecture and infrastructure. Roads are super clean and people are rich. You travel few more kilometres, you will come to areas where poverty is quite a problem (though it has decreased dramatically in past 10 years). You leave the big crowded city and now you see villages with peace all around, children playing at grounds. One thing that's common is that businesses, trade and markets are everywhere, whether it's small scale or a giant firm. Culture: Each State of India has its own identity. Imagine entire Continent of Europe uniting into a country, and the cultures will be still lesser than that in India. Suppose that in Tamil Nadu, there are huge Temples with colourful carvings, most people eat food having rice, Tamil is spoken everywhere and Automobile industry is dominant in the state. People celebrate Pongal festival and the dance form is Bharatnatyam. Now you move to another state, such as Gujarat, where Temples have shades of one colour and architecture is different, food have more spices, Gujarati is spoken everywhere and pharmaceutical & diamond processing is the dominant industry. People celebrate Navaratri festival and the dance form is Garba. Now you again move to another state, such as Punjab. People have food made mostly from wheat, religion of Sikhism is widely practised, Punjabi is spoken everywhere and agriculture & food processing is the major industry. People celebrate Lohri festival and the dance form in Bhangra. One thing I want to say is that in India, if you just move from one state to another, it will feel like you are in a different world. I gave only 3 examples, but each of the 28 states and 8 Union Territories of India have something unique and different. One thing which is common is the love for unity under the name "Bharat" or "India". I hope this comment helps you understand how huge India is. One will never be able to sink in all the different customs, traditions and cultures of India.
I wasn't going to watch this one cuz it didn't seem like an interesting topic to me but I did because it's you and of course it turned out to be informative and entertaining actually quite interesting
Very well done honestly. I always wondered what would i do if i had to redraw boundaries of states in India. This is very close to what i would have done. However, this doesn't take into account the power dynamics. Karnataka region for example would naturally want access to seas and that's why they control parts of malabar, this has been a historical pattern. Similar things with valleys and passes
Tripura only became Bengali in the 1970s, Tripura is the home of the Indigenous Tipra people who have lived there for centuries. Sadly they have been culturally and economically been Marginalized due to the policies of the Tripura gov which is dominated by non-indigenous people.
The thar desert was said to have been a fertile Plains with a river(a river said to be greater than the Indus ganga and brahmaputra) which dried up during tectonic movements
So is Chittagong hill tract of Bangladesh. As a indian I feel so sad for chakma population. Bangladeshi origin people irrespective of any religion should be deported back to Bangladesh from tripura.
Gangetic plain is to simplified: Bengal is a bit different to Bihar for example but can be put into one region because of phenotype/culture. But one the other hand Punjab is different to them and also to Haryana.
Kerala/Malabar Coast is it's own region... the lost city of Muziris, that's considered by many to be the New York City of the Old World was located in this region, and found just to the north of Kochi/Ernakulam which sprung out of the ruins of the lost city..
Did you know India has been mentioned in the religious scriptures of the Hindus and the Buddhists It's so fascinating that our civilizational homeland still existing. We are proud to follow the dharma and are love for the nation and dharma are one
Missed Opportunity. But then I wonder, had he done so, this comment would have probably turned into a battlefield of Pakistani trolls and Indian trolls.
*@**6:50**:* Although I'm of Vietnamese extraction, I have a cousin, and she's from Mumbai ... capital of Maharashtra, and perhaps the most iconic hub in the whole country.
@@MonsieurDeanIf you ever do Germany please mention the importance of the Nations that actually make up Germany (Bavaria, Swabia, Saxony etc.) since those are being purposefully stamped out and destroyed by the Government (especially their languages) to atomise the population into submission i.e making them into soulless consumeristic drones without a Family, Land, People, Faith and History.
Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamilnadu are three most heavily Industrialized States like Texas, Florida,Ohio etc Whose GDPs are higher or About to overtake Norway,New Zealand etc and Karnataka, Haryana,Telangana and UP etc are Heavily dependent on 1 or 2 Cities for Technology and Industrial Production much like New York State
It is very interesting how other continent-states (large enough in land mass to be a continent on their own, at least in a political sense), such as Brazil, US, Russia, China etc. seem to have a much more clear singular national culture, then India is not scared of its diversity (or at least was not before Modi). I would like to understand the political grass roots that drive Indian politics (especially after the Congress Party lost its monopoly), as governing India seems more like governing the European Union, than somewhere like China, US, or Russia. How do you even keep track of all the languages and cultures, while taking in regional sensitivities. While not all of this is going to be happy unicorns, then I would not be surprised if there is a lot us in the West could learn from India in terms of managing to guide a diverse block of 1 billion+ people in unity (essentially I am here comparing India to the whole of the Anglo-Euro "West", possibly adding Latin America as well, and how the fragmentation of the broader West provides a weakness, which lets in Russian and Chinese influence to the detriment of both local long-term and shared interests in the Broader West). I would not be surprised, if India already knows most of the answer, but partly post-colonial arrogance is keeping us from listening to qualified external input.
You missed to mentioned Andaman and Nicobar Islands as well as Lakshadweep islands Albeit, they are not that level of cultural regions but part of India nonetheless
This video doesn't do it justice. I can only really speak to a couple of examples: - It makes no sense to group Goa with Maharashtra, the primary language is Konkani which has some similarities to Marathi but is heavily influenced by Portuguese especially in the south of Goa. The religion and culture were predominantly Christian though many Christian families have left the state for other countries like Portugal, the UK, Canada, Australia, the US as well as large cities in India. While it seems like many people are coming to the state for the economic opportunity from tourism, the Christian roots and remaining minority still have a strong influence over the culture. - Kerala is so culturally and linguistically distinct from Tamil Nadu it seems wrong to group them. I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Great explanation but you should have done not only India but its surrounding counties also cause the ethinisities of whole of south asia is interlinked. Countries like Bangladesh is similar to west bengal. Pakistani states like sindh,punjab were very important for the culture of India in history. And Sri Lanka s north is Tamil ethnicity. As a Indian I can you explained this Diverse country very well.
@@Kmr571-l8y it is just better than Mumbai (which Is one of worst in world) in pollution and metro has completed 2 lines and the 3 line is building currently
@@devgaikwad3813 Sure a puneri would say this... I've lived in both Mumbai and Pune. And the pollution side is better only because of less population. The urban planning is subpar everywhere outside the main city, barring shivajinagar ig.
@@ok001 Yeah that was a mistake. Though North-eastern region of Jharkhand speaks Angika dialect which has been classified as a sub-category in Maithili by various linguists.
@@homonidBut NO one demanding for mithila state in jharkhand ...... Maithili and angika whatever its not even spoken by 10% of the whole santhal pragna division people......Santhali,Bengali ,kortha most spoken language on those area......Like what are base demand of mithila in jharkhand region..??People are not even maithilis ....They are culturely different too.......
( terminating in the Ganges delta in West Bengal) lol 😂 it’s ending in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 ( I m telling you this as a native Bengali) the ganges river creates another one called the Hooghly River which makes the border between Calcutta and The District Of Howrah. 2:27
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Do Brazil next?
Keep up the great work Z. 👍
Can you do a video on Distributism please? I think it would be very interesting.
P.S. I’m a Catholic Distributist myself.
can you do a vid over Bangladesh?
Hi.
Interesting fact about North East India is that the state of Nagaland has a higher proportion of its population being Baptists than Mississippi.
Ok thanks
That's wild.
That's because, Hindus were not allowing them to assimilate into their temples, Muslims nearby weren't either BECAUSE of their dietary choices of beef and pork consumption for more than one can know the time frame of, as a result, they were left without medical, educational, social any kind of integration.
Baptists came in and got them all of that, and even now, North-Eastern States where Christians are a majority like Mizoram, Meghalaya., there's a very high female-to-male sex ratio above the national average (barely any cases of female foeticide, which our country is well known for), hygiene and nature is preserved very well.
P.S.: I am not a Christian (atheist here)
Praise the Lord for that!
@abc_cba that's interesting, I knew Goa had a lot of Catholics because Portugal used to own it and in the south because of apostle Thomas and many early Christians spreading Christianity in that region but I always wondered why that part of India was Majority Christian
Note
1. Hindi is not actually the spoken language of the vast majority of the land shown in that language map and specifically the Hindi region. A lot of distinct and sometimes completely unrelated smaller languages are classified as Hindi for political purposes.
Some of the actual languages spoken in that region but misgrouped as Hindi:
Marwari - Rajasthan
Mewari - Rajasthan
Malwi - Rajasthan and Madhya P.
Bagri - Rajasthan and Punjab
Bhojpuri - Bihar and Uttar P.
Magadhi - Bihar and Jharkhand
Garwhali - Uttarakhand
Kumaoni - Uttarakhand
About 3 dozen different dialects of Pahari and Pahadi more closely related to Nepali than Hindi - Himachal Pradesh and parts of the Jammu region
The real Hindi related dialects are the ones in the heartland from Delhi to Central Uttar Pradesh, such as Haryanvi, Awadhi, Kannauji, Khari Boli, Kauravi, Bundeli, Bagheli and Chhattisgarrhi. These are the only languages that could be classified under Hindi.
2. While Tripura has a Bengali speaking majority, the indigenous tribes speak Tripuri/Kokborok.
3. Manipur is divided between the inner Imphal Valley and the outer hills. Imphal Valley is inhabited by Meitei speaking Hindus while the outer hills are inhabited by Kuki and Naga Christians.
4. Arunachal Pradesh has dozens of languages but Hindi has been put as the main state language as a lingua franca, despite the Arunachali languages being mostly Tibeto-Burmese in origin.
5. Jammu and Kashmir comprises of many different cultures, languages and people groups. The actual 'Kashmir' is the Kashmir Valley, surrounded by the Pir Panchal range to the south and west and the Himalayas in the east. More accurately, the actual Kashmir is the Jhelum River Valley that begins at Verinag in the south, Gantamulla in the west, Sharda in the north and Sonamarg in the east. The rest of Jammu and Kashmir is not Kashmiri in any sense at all.
6. The rest of Jammu and Kashmir comprises of the Dogra region, the Ladakh region, the Pahari region, the Baltistan region and the Dardistan region. The westernmost areas outside the Pir Panchal range like Poonch and Rajouri are Pahadi speaking. The southern region like Jammu, Udhampur, Katra are inhabited by Hindu majority Dogra speakers. Doda and Kishtwar districts however are Kashmiri majority but have significant populations of Kashmiri Hindus, unlike the Kashmir Valley. Ladakh and Baltistan are Tibetan cultural extensions where the Indus River flows through from Western Tibet (Zhangzhung region) before draining into Dardistan. Dardistan is the mountainous land to the extreme northwest of Jammu and Kashmir, part of the Greater Dardic region, home to speakers of Dardic languages such as Shina, Kalasha, Kohistani, Khowar, etc. Only Kashmiri is distinct from Dardistan, despite Kashmiri itself being a Dardic Indo Aryan language.
Fascinating. The matter of language in India was something I wish I looked into even further, as it's clear there's some debate as to what constitutes a language and a dialect within much of Northern India.
@@MonsieurDeancheck out India in pixels, he specialises in languages and cultures
Quite deep philosophically as well
Bagri is haryana and rajasthan
@@JohnyWickerson
It's Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
Bhojpuri is not even an official language of India, but maithili is. Bhojpuri is only spoken by southern Biharis, in the north, the maithils speak maithili.
All types of landscapes found in India
Cold Desert, Hot desert, Beaches, Plain, plateau, Taiga, Tundra, Wetland, Mountain, Mountain range, Coast, Littoral zone, Glacier, snow, Shrubland, Forest, Rainforest, Woodland, Jungle, Moors, Steppe, Valley, Islands, Volcano 🌋 also in Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
It is also land of spirituality, peace. And last but not the least it has unity in diversity. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
I am 19 and I as Indian went to every State of India but still every city to city and village to village are different region, wonderful cultures and Architecture you will get to see, Even in Languages and food also.
You have to spent many years to explore whole India.
Unity?
Peace?
@@Get_yotted yep better culture better unity and peace
India is such a great country, I one day hope to do a motorbike trip throughout the country.
Damn this was bad timing 😂😂
There is so much corruption and pollution in India though. I hope the country can become more livable one day.
You can't do it 😂
@vetarlittorf1807 hmm polution is not that bad
Just do not be a woman. 🤔🤔
The Andaman Islands are also a setting of one of the best Sherlock Holmes stories - the Sign of Four
what.? I didn't know that.
Bro Finally mentioned india 🗣️🔥
Commenting this from 'Karrala' region of southern India
Lol
Malayali Spoted 😂❤
@@PatrioticMalayali-c *Tuluva (Tulu naattukaran)
I can read, write, understand and speak malayalam than my mother tounge I live in kochi ekm
@@ananthapadmanabhan6340 Anantha Bro, You're Awesome
@@SonGojit456 I know that
Maharashtra is my favorite region.
Maharashtra Superiority 💪🏽💪🏽
Odisha better
Same , even though from Odisha.
@@akashchandrabehera7667😂
Vidarbha is one region in Central India, we have a lot of unique things that are indigenous to us.
Same for Mithila, Brij, Mewad, other regions of India.
Tell me more.
The subregion of the Northern Plateau which runs along the Vindhyas can be split in half, essentially. The Southern part, below the Vindhyas, speaks a dialect of Marathi, and is known as Vidharbha. The Northern part, in Madhya Pradesh, speaks a dialect of Hindi, but with a lot more Marathi loanwords
you can refer this video on how the Hindi domination is actually eliminating the local dialects within the Hindi belt itself, if you need any help, i am a text away@@MonsieurDean
@@mvalthegamer2450 Well, Vidarbha is not a dialect.
The two Marathi dialects are Zhadi-patta and the Varhadi.
Hindi we speak is actually Urdu, which can be heard as long as Bhopal and Indore. That makes it Dakhni Urdu.
Yess I’m from Viderbha and we have a different dialect and a higher focus on agriculture + we have foods native only to Viderbha
The entire state of Gujarat being included in "Greater rajasthan"💀
Wars were fought for lesser reason.
Lmao. But I mean, a huge merchant class, a lot of interstate marriages between these two, huge vegetarian class(majority native rajastanis and gujjus) means we both are pretty close.
Biggest difference 'was' the presence of a huge warrior class in Rajasthan. But most of the Rajputs are now gone during Mughals invasions due to Jauhar and Saka.
Kerala historically has been a cultural hub, and center of trade throughout Ancient history, of various different migration groups, especially from the Middle East settling there, and during European Colonization, it was a Dutch colony, Portuguese Colony, before it became a British colony. For my Christians out there Kerala/Tamil Nadu is also where St. Thomas the Apostle evangelized and was martyred in AD 52. Also where ancient communities of Cochin Jews that came in colonies during the time of King Solomon exists. It was too this community that St. Thomas came, converting also other native Brahmins/Buddhists at the time. Till this day, the liturgical language of Kerala Christians, aka Malankara Nasranis, is Syriac, the Edessean Dialect of Aramaic. Much of the Cochin Jews migrated to Israel during Zionism, though a small population still exists. Also its where 2 Catholic Sui Luris churches, which is the East Syriac Rite Syro Malabar Church, and the West Syriac Rite Syro Malankara Church come from. Also where Protestant churches like the St. Thomas Evangelical Church, and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church(in the Anglican Communion) are located. And where the Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church(Jacobites), Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Malabar Independent Syrian Churches exist aswell. And also the Nestorian Church, aka the Chaldean Syrian Church has a diocese there too. So much rich history of Christianity in Kerala.
I think you should redo this but include Pakistan and Bangladesh. I don’t believe anyone could really understand the Indian subcontinent without looking at it as a whole. Otherwise I think it was pretty good.
Holy moly 😶🌫️, If I utter the same word in Hindi or urdu people will hang me for it.
Not really. Pakis and Bangladeshis themselves like to categorise themselves under i**amic civilization rather than Indian. And also, these civilizations try to curb their pre-i**amic cultures anyway i.e Punjabi language and culture being sidelined in Pakistani Punjab, traditional Bengali tolerance(for their own women and others) sidelined in Bangladesh, etc.
I fully expect this video to get a ton of views for no reason in particular.
Cause you guys aren't making kids anymore
This video is good , the views aren't for nothing .
For definitely a reason . Some video which says that it will explain each region in india is pretty tempting to my Indian eyes as I want to see what he gets wrong and also learn about something I didn't know earlier
Maharastra and Tamil Nadu is literally cooking for all !
Thanks for this brother🙏🏻 , we will be cooking with you once we develop even more ..
I respect you for showing India with its correct borders. As an Indian I must say you have done a great job of explaining the country which is quite a confusing mixture of cultures, languages, races and religions who happen to enjoy being a country together.
Races ? 😂
Yeah the north east has south east asian/east Asian looking people. The south has dravidians which are more austro asiatic. The upper north has people that are more persian/turkic. @@technoyamraj
@@balashibuyeeter2704 from middle east to China we all have a little bit of our niebhouring region in us.
Archduke Z, please do a video on the factions of the Libertarian Party! There’s like 7 caucuses so there’s a lot of stuff to cover. As a long time fan, I’d find it incredibly interesting.
I second this. 👍
Hmm...perhaps.
I love this series. Keep making these!
I do believe I will.
Brasil, maybe? Or America-south-of-the-Rio-Grande as a whole?
What other countries do you plan to cover in this series?
No spoilers.
Do you have any suggestions?
@@MonsieurDeanSouth Africa, Brazil and Australia/New zeal and (Australasian together)
@@MonsieurDeanAll. Do all of them. We demand content.
Good analyses, and as someone of Indian origin, I appreciate you not stereotyping and judging.
Thanks, pal.
Giving consideration to the fact that Indian state borders are already quite considerate of cultural, geographic, linguistic and ethnic lines, id change less things. However, id like to break up much of North India into smaller states, with consideration to ethno-linguistic lines and population size. It is also important to remember that many ethnic groups are torn between borders. Awadhi, Kumaoni, Maithili are spoken on both sides of the India - Nepal borders, and its quite weird to me to create a new state of Awadh, Mithila or Kumaon when part of their ethnic homeland is in another country. Unlike most countries, India has put in much consideration to protect the minor languages across India. They survived for millenia due to the decentralised nature of Hinduism and Buddhism, and shouldnt die out in a political entity that unites most of the Indic people in the modern day.
Well, my language maithili is soon going to be dead. The committee which divided the states after independence, fcked us over. Put mithila/tirhut together with Bihar. And, the government of Bihar spread Hindi across the state at the expense of other languages. There is no representation of either maithili people or language in Bihar. I think Nepali government is doing much better in preserving my language than India/Bihar seems to be doing.
@Akarsh2008 I have a better option. Ask everyone to learn Sanskrit, instead. Why should anyone ditch their language, to learn Hindustani a fairly new language, which borrows so much from persian and many other languages. Sanskrit is okay, since it's the ancestor of most of the languages here.
@Akarsh2008 But, it's only concentrated in a region with huge population. If we talk about the language most spread across the country, it's English. Look, I can speak Hindi, but letting it replace all the other languages is not a very good idea. Hindi is spoken by around 40-55% of people, that leaves almost half of the population to learn a new language. If you want others to learn a new language, maybe we should also choose a language, like Sanskrit to learn. At least, it would seem fair, if everyone has to learn one.
@Akarsh2008
"I don't think languages which are not even worthy to be called a proper dialect ....... and other bom bhosada should get any attention from people. It will only divide and already divided country" ---- Would you elaborate on this? Which languages are worthy to be given attention by people then? And, what are the criteria for determining the worthiness?
@Akarsh2008
Fuck Hindi. Its too Islamic a language for me to learn. Sanskrit or nothing, and no, the other languages should be preserved. I don't want Maithili, Awadhi and the 20 other dying languages to go extinct for a low class language like Hindi, infested with Persian words.
On a final note, Sanskrit or nothing, and fuck Hindi.
This video is the best for school students as it explains many chapters and geography enthusiasts as it discusses about the vast geography of India.
Thank You for this good video, I also suggest you to make videos on bigger countries like China, Brazil, DRC, Argentina etc…
Glad it was helpful!
@MonsiieurDean i think you forgot the islands of india...lakshdweep ,andeman and nikobar
I would say, if is extremely well done for a foreigner. But, it gets wild at points. A Punjabi literally shares nothing with a Bengali, in terms of broader cultural norms, voting patterns or evern world views. Similarly, Islamic Kashmir is way different in its ways from the Hindu Himachal and Uttrakhand, to be classified as one region
Generalization often lead to wrong conclusions but since its a youtube video I don't mind them that much. The people are the same and until much recently J&K had more Hindus.
@@khanshiranyor3974 I meant that, Kashmiris have more in common with the Frontier Afghans and other Central Asians, than the Pahadis, who just happen to be Hindus.
No they don't
There is nothing common between Afghan and Kashmir except religion@@AlexHouxley
LOVE your content z! You're the Best
It means a lot, pal!
@@MonsieurDean Always
Iran is also an enthnically diverse country like india , it has many different cultural regions and languages could you make a video about that?
I think I might
Do South Africa next please (If that's to small then you can do the Southern Africa region)
This was really good, its very interesting to learn a little bit about the regions of the most populous country in the world. Can you do Brazil as well, it would be intriguing to learn about the biggest country in South America.
Certainly!
@@MonsieurDean Awesome, looking forward to it.
Incoming "Good morning" sirs.
Saar 😅
Do not redeem eet
It should be "good night Saar" cuz time zones.
@@theunchartedplane2898 open cloth
Westies coping harder just by their mention
Ah, correct map of India 🎉❤
The video was well planned and made 👍
But i suggest you to do some more research on our Tripura
Tripura is region which consists a population of Both Bengalis and Tripuris
Just Got Done With School , Cant wait To watch This , Monstor Z
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4:24 no they speak pahari
Even though I'm an Indian, I'll never understand how big India is, the cultures and languages and what not!
Geography:
In India, there are Rocky high snowy mountains 🏔. You travel a few hundred kilometres, you'll come to a hot arid desert 🏜. You travel a few more hundred kilometres, you'll reach grassy plain lands full of different variety of crops 🌱. You travel few more hundred kilometres, you'll see the sandy beaches along the vast Indian Ocean ⛱️. You travel few more hundred kilometres, you'll reach Islands 🏝.
Places and areas:
At many areas you will see very high futuristic buildings with beautiful architecture and infrastructure. Roads are super clean and people are rich. You travel few more kilometres, you will come to areas where poverty is quite a problem (though it has decreased dramatically in past 10 years). You leave the big crowded city and now you see villages with peace all around, children playing at grounds. One thing that's common is that businesses, trade and markets are everywhere, whether it's small scale or a giant firm.
Culture:
Each State of India has its own identity. Imagine entire Continent of Europe uniting into a country, and the cultures will be still lesser than that in India. Suppose that in Tamil Nadu, there are huge Temples with colourful carvings, most people eat food having rice, Tamil is spoken everywhere and Automobile industry is dominant in the state. People celebrate Pongal festival and the dance form is Bharatnatyam.
Now you move to another state, such as Gujarat, where Temples have shades of one colour and architecture is different, food have more spices, Gujarati is spoken everywhere and pharmaceutical & diamond processing is the dominant industry. People celebrate Navaratri festival and the dance form is Garba.
Now you again move to another state, such as Punjab. People have food made mostly from wheat, religion of Sikhism is widely practised, Punjabi is spoken everywhere and agriculture & food processing is the major industry. People celebrate Lohri festival and the dance form in Bhangra.
One thing I want to say is that in India, if you just move from one state to another, it will feel like you are in a different world. I gave only 3 examples, but each of the 28 states and 8 Union Territories of India have something unique and different. One thing which is common is the love for unity under the name "Bharat" or "India".
I hope this comment helps you understand how huge India is. One will never be able to sink in all the different customs, traditions and cultures of India.
In tamil, india is referred as Paratam not Bharat unlike Hindi which refers as bharat. Beside India's vedic name is aryavarta
Glad that a popular channel made this , people tend to forget how diverse India is
I would love to see one of these videos on the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
I wasn't going to watch this one cuz it didn't seem like an interesting topic to me but I did because it's you and of course it turned out to be informative and entertaining actually quite interesting
Hey, it means a lot that you’d watch something just because it’s from me. Thanks, pal. 😁
Really liking this type of videos. I hope you will do more of these in the future, maybe east asia, europe or south america
Look forward to it!
Very well done honestly. I always wondered what would i do if i had to redraw boundaries of states in India. This is very close to what i would have done. However, this doesn't take into account the power dynamics. Karnataka region for example would naturally want access to seas and that's why they control parts of malabar, this has been a historical pattern. Similar things with valleys and passes
5:25 tripura is mix of bengalis and indigenous people of tripura
Are you from the area?
@@MonsieurDeanyou should check out on ethic demographic map
@@MonsieurDeanhe is right because I am Bengali
Much of the Bengali are hindu from Bangladesh who fled due to presecution in Bangladesh by muslim
@@MonsieurDean i am from Tripura. Tripura has two major Ethnic groups - 1. Native Tripuris & 2. Immigrant Bengalis.
@@loveall69if I'm not wrong the native are minority on their own state
Tripura only became Bengali in the 1970s, Tripura is the home of the Indigenous Tipra people who have lived there for centuries.
Sadly they have been culturally and economically been Marginalized due to the policies of the Tripura gov which is dominated by non-indigenous people.
thanks for using correct map, subscribed.
Bro talked about maithili ❤
Dude there is nothing called "south Deccan"
Dakshina (Deccan) already means south
So it's like saying south south
You have to do a breakdown on south Africa and Brazil 👍🏾
The thar desert was said to have been a fertile Plains with a river(a river said to be greater than the Indus ganga and brahmaputra) which dried up during tectonic movements
That's wild.
@@MonsieurDean Imagine if the river hadn't dried up..
@@indiradevi8136Are you talking about Saraswati river?
@@based4560 probably, I have heard that satellite imagery showed a scarred remnant of that river basin
@@based4560 yeah
What if India was annexed by France? 🤔
Some suggest that India would have been better in the hands of the French. Personally, I don't think it would be much different from the Brits.
Didn't expect this but nice.
3:02 i think the map is completely wrong because there is many languages ignored in it mainly austroasiatic
The next map is even worse, he shows whole of Bihar and Jharkhand speaking maithili.😂
@@ok001 😂i didn't notice it
Any Tamilian here 🙋🏻♂️
No, but Malayali American 🗣🔥
Hey I'm here😁
I am
No but Haryanvi here. Love to Tamil Nadu ❤
@@vinaymann838 We're all Indians at the end of the day. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Thanks for showing true map of India... Love you ❤
That ain't the true map
Kashmir doesn't belong to India though.
@@Altair-El-HaddadIt doesn't matter. India still controls Kashmir.
5:23 Tripuris are Lost & Forgotten 🎉
So is Chittagong hill tract of Bangladesh. As a indian I feel so sad for chakma population. Bangladeshi origin people irrespective of any religion should be deported back to Bangladesh from tripura.
@@Judah_889well, that's why CAA is important. The minorities would get shelter while the majorities should be deported.
Maharashtra has A Separate Section....Love You Bro❤ Thank You👍.
Gangetic plain is to simplified: Bengal is a bit different to Bihar for example but can be put into one region because of phenotype/culture.
But one the other hand Punjab is different to them and also to Haryana.
Kerala/Malabar Coast is it's own region... the lost city of Muziris, that's considered by many to be the New York City of the Old World was located in this region, and found just to the north of Kochi/Ernakulam which sprung out of the ruins of the lost city..
Gangatic plane ❌ ganga plane ✅ Ganges name's river doesn't exist in India but holy "ganga" exist
Yes... It's plain not plane.
Stfu and stop pushing your agenda everywhere
Bruh did Bangladesh dirty if you're explaining Indian region involving Bangladesh and Pakistan is important
Did you know India has been mentioned in the religious scriptures of the Hindus and the Buddhists
It's so fascinating that our civilizational homeland still existing. We are proud to follow the dharma and are love for the nation and dharma are one
Please make an alternate history video about what if the Arabian Peninsula was Lush and Green? Also please consider making a video about Georgism
Please make an alternate history video about what if the Arabian Peninsula was Lush and still Green? And please make a video about Geoism (Georgism).
I hope you could do all of Europe(or even better do all individual european nations)
Why not both. I would love to see one for the whole europe and also videos covering just one particular country like France, Spain or UK.
You should also cover pakistan, bangladesh, nepal and sri lanka next. Tbf you should have joined and covered them within this video itself.
Missed Opportunity.
But then I wonder, had he done so, this comment would have probably turned into a battlefield of Pakistani trolls and Indian trolls.
Fascinating video, I think a lot of these overlap with other countries in the Indian subcontinent.
*@**6:50**:* Although I'm of Vietnamese extraction, I have a cousin, and she's from Mumbai ...
capital of Maharashtra, and perhaps the most iconic hub in the whole country.
how is that even possible?
@@WastedBananas How is what possible? Mumbai is gonna overtake New York one day when it comes to people visiting there.
I wish you could explain the political differences between the regions just like what you did with America and Russia.
North-East Indian region is the greenest part of India!
And the most neglected
@@SlimJim3082see in this video we Tripuris got neglected
Next do Andorra
I think even Vatican City is a good idea
Very interesting.
Punjab and haryana does come under indo gangetic plane. It comes under Indus plane
Seeing Australia would be really sick, Germany would be too! Love ur vids
Thank you, pal! I’ll consider Australia and Germany!
@@MonsieurDeanIf you ever do Germany please mention the importance of the Nations that actually make up Germany (Bavaria, Swabia, Saxony etc.) since those are being purposefully stamped out and destroyed by the Government (especially their languages) to atomise the population into submission i.e making them into soulless consumeristic drones without a Family, Land, People, Faith and History.
Mr. Z, maybe you should cover Indian politics! I'll be happy to help!
Send me an email at monsieurz101@gmail.com and we can discuss it.
Sure!
@@neodenzI hope you will non bias every party like bjp ,congress ,tmc,DMK,aap,communist and parties
@@runajain5773 Yeah, I am a huge critic of all Indian politics so you can count on me ;)
@@MonsieurDean I sent you the email, just in case you missed it.
Hey @MonsieurDean, My grandparents lived in the Kathiawar peninsula in Ahmedabad
Oh cool
Ahmedabad is not in the Kathiawar peninsula, it's in Central Gujarat.
Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamilnadu are three most heavily Industrialized States like Texas, Florida,Ohio etc Whose GDPs are higher or About to overtake Norway,New Zealand etc and Karnataka, Haryana,Telangana and UP etc are Heavily dependent on 1 or 2 Cities for Technology and Industrial Production much like New York State
It is very interesting how other continent-states (large enough in land mass to be a continent on their own, at least in a political sense), such as Brazil, US, Russia, China etc. seem to have a much more clear singular national culture, then India is not scared of its diversity (or at least was not before Modi).
I would like to understand the political grass roots that drive Indian politics (especially after the Congress Party lost its monopoly), as governing India seems more like governing the European Union, than somewhere like China, US, or Russia. How do you even keep track of all the languages and cultures, while taking in regional sensitivities. While not all of this is going to be happy unicorns, then I would not be surprised if there is a lot us in the West could learn from India in terms of managing to guide a diverse block of 1 billion+ people in unity (essentially I am here comparing India to the whole of the Anglo-Euro "West", possibly adding Latin America as well, and how the fragmentation of the broader West provides a weakness, which lets in Russian and Chinese influence to the detriment of both local long-term and shared interests in the Broader West). I would not be surprised, if India already knows most of the answer, but partly post-colonial arrogance is keeping us from listening to qualified external input.
Any Benagli here? 🖐🏻🖐🏻
Can you please do Cultral regions of Japan next?
Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamilnadu are three most heavily Industrialized States Whose GDPs are higher ir About to overtake Norway,New Zealand etc
You missed to mentioned Andaman and Nicobar Islands as well as Lakshadweep islands
Albeit, they are not that level of cultural regions but part of India nonetheless
Well andaman and Nicobar have different linguistic tribe are there
Could you please do the British Isles and overseas territories or Canada.?
You should do the Philippines!
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal are the best regions imo. They have industries, tourism, nature and wildlife in one state.
I would put Jammu Dogar area, Himachal, Punjab, Haryana, North Rajasthan into one area. Maybe West UP and Delhi can also be put to them.
GOOD MORNING, SAARS
corny white boy
Cringe
Bruh, thats enough salt for one comment section
0:12 You forgot Ongan and Great Andamanese family
What about Lakashadweep?
I hope a video on the regions of France is planned
This video doesn't do it justice. I can only really speak to a couple of examples:
- It makes no sense to group Goa with Maharashtra, the primary language is Konkani which has some similarities to Marathi but is heavily influenced by Portuguese especially in the south of Goa. The religion and culture were predominantly Christian though many Christian families have left the state for other countries like Portugal, the UK, Canada, Australia, the US as well as large cities in India. While it seems like many people are coming to the state for the economic opportunity from tourism, the Christian roots and remaining minority still have a strong influence over the culture.
- Kerala is so culturally and linguistically distinct from Tamil Nadu it seems wrong to group them.
I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg.
For more than 2000 years kerala & tamilnadu was united - ancient tamilakam refers to south Andhra south karnataka kerala tamilnadu & parts of srilanka
The comment section is going to be an mess
I hope the insightful discussions remain at the top once dust settles.
Great explanation but you should have done not only India but its surrounding counties also cause the ethinisities of whole of south asia is interlinked.
Countries like Bangladesh is similar to west bengal.
Pakistani states like sindh,punjab were very important for the culture of India in history.
And Sri Lanka s north is Tamil ethnicity.
As a Indian I can you explained this
Diverse country very well.
I am from pune and I could say that we are place more suitable for living than work
How the pollution and infra level there ,
@@Kmr571-l8y it is just better than Mumbai (which Is one of worst in world) in pollution and metro has completed 2 lines and the 3 line is building currently
@@devgaikwad3813 Sure a puneri would say this... I've lived in both Mumbai and Pune. And the pollution side is better only because of less population. The urban planning is subpar everywhere outside the main city, barring shivajinagar ig.
You had to take the pre independence as the starting point.
Andhra
Second request to do Canada (and then maybe Mexico) next!
3:14 i think meghalaya is not predominantly austro Asiatic only the khasi hills is the rest is tibeto Burman Baptist population
Suggestion! Do china next
Well made Video.
Regards from Mithila [Gangetic plains].
Bro he put Jharkhand un maithili region
@@ok001 Yeah that was a mistake. Though North-eastern region of Jharkhand speaks Angika dialect which has been classified as a sub-category in Maithili by various linguists.
True , isn't it kinda sad that most of the bihar-jharkhand laguages are going extinct@@homonid
@@ok001 Don't know about other languages, but Maithili and Bhojpuri are doing great. Santali is also protected by Jharkhand government.
@@homonidBut NO one demanding for mithila state in jharkhand ...... Maithili and angika whatever its not even spoken by 10% of the whole santhal pragna division people......Santhali,Bengali ,kortha most spoken language on those area......Like what are base demand of mithila in jharkhand region..??People are not even maithilis ....They are culturely different too.......
Waiting for all the Indian comments, Madam.
Whitoid cope.
Looks like I don’t need to wait for the cringe comments, you already made one
( terminating in the Ganges delta in West Bengal)
lol 😂 it’s ending in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 ( I m telling you this as a native Bengali) the ganges river creates another one called the Hooghly River which makes the border between Calcutta and The District Of Howrah. 2:27
A very happy ugadi to all Indians.
Do Hungary next!
surprised that no one went on a rant about the Kashmeri pandits and that whole thing in the north.
Should have included a mention of Lakshadweep when you mentioned Andaman & Nicobar islands, but otherwise fantastic vid.